Wisconsin's record-high temperatures are blamed for a number of roads buckling.

Wednesday night, reports of the buckled roads came in to the WISN 12 News Desk from Dodge, Jefferson, and Dane counties. Four counties reported the same on Tuesday.

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Dodge Sheriff Todd Nehls explained that the current heat wave is causing the ripple on the roads.

"The sun and the heat, it heats the air under the pavement and that air continues to expand as it gets hotter," said Nehls.

Nehls said his deputies and residents have reported buckled stretches of road on Tuesday and Wednesday, including part of Highway 33 in Beaver Dam.

"(Buckled roads) are becoming a matter of routine for our highway department. They respond very quickly, getting the big chunks out of the roadway, and then they put in a temporary asphalt patch until they can catch up later this summer," said Nehls.